Blog - Pete Brown

The Meanings of Craft Beer: My lockdown book, out 25th June

I've set myself a 13-week project: to write and self-publish a new book that I've been wanting to write for the last year. Here's...

In early March, after a boozy February, I'm hoping that this year will finally see some permanent changes in my drinking habits - after...

24th January 2020 | Pub closures, Pubs

Earlier this week I blogged about the new ONS data which shows an end to - or at least pause in - the decline...

In a troubled market, the East London brewer announces it has doubled its cask ales sales. How? By doing the things everyone knows need...

21st January 2020 | Pub closures, Pubcos, Pubs

The Office of National Statistics says the number of pubs in Britain has grown for the first time since 2007. Surely that's got to...

I got invited to a birthday party in Burton-on-Trent that was quite unlike any other – a mass tasting of six legendary beers known...

6th December 2019 | Beer, Original Gravity

Our beer magazine format is taking a break. But it's a temporary one...

Last night I was invited to an exclusive beer launch. Exclusivity around beer – some beer, sometimes – is no bad thing. But that...

It’s time for the Cask Report again – and if you work in a pub, I need to know what you REALLY think about...